
Course Name: English Pronunciation and Phonics Level 7
Level: Secondary 1 – Secondary 2
No. of Lessons: 10 (Suggested)
Lesson Duration: 1 hr 30 mins (Suggested)
Instructors: Native English teachers with a university degree ; related teaching experience, and/or teacher training such as TEFL, TESOL, CELTA, PGDE/PCEd, etc.
課程目標
本課程旨在使用合成語音系統提高學生的發音。
在課程結束時,學生將能夠﹕
- 把單詞分刪成音節
- 在不熟悉的單詞中找到字首和字尾
- 通過分刪音位來發音和拼寫簡單的單詞
- 區分相似的發音詞
- 正確讀出常見的錯誤發音
- 正確重讀多音節詞
- 準確地發音有 -ed 和 -s/-es 結尾的單詞
課程特色
介紹了英語發音的基本概念,例如音位、字素、音節、詞性、單詞重音和詞綴,以及經常混淆的元音和輔音組合。
在本課程中,學生不僅有大量的機會練習範本對話、詩詞和故事,他們還將有機會用目標聲音集思廣益,創作出自己的作品。
課程大綱
Unit 1: Vowels and Consonants
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- A. Vowels versus consonants
a. Article ‘a’ or ‘an’
b. Article ‘the’ - B. Phonemes, syllables and word stress
- C. The pronunciation of -s/-es endings
- D. Target sounds
a. Part 1: /e/ and /a/ sounds (bed versus bad)
b. Part 2: Short /oo/ and long /oo/ sounds (book versus boot)
- A. Vowels versus consonants
Unit 2: English Words
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- A. The basic structures of English words
Prefixes and suffixes - B. Suffixes and word stress
- C. Target sounds
a. Part 1: /i/ and /ee/ sounds (fit versus feet)
b. Part 2: /o/ and /or/ sounds (pot versus port)
- A. The basic structures of English words
Unit 3: Consonant-Vowel Linking
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- A. Linking words together
a. Consonant-Vowel Linking - B. Target sounds
Part 1: /f/ and /v/ sounds (fine versus vine)
Part 2: Two ways to pronounce ‘th’ in English
Part 3: /f/ and /th/ (unvoiced) sounds (fin versus thin)
Part 4: /d/ and /th/ (voiced) sounds (dough versus though)
- A. Linking words together
Unit 4: -ed Endings
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- A. The pronunciation of –ed endings
- B. Prefixes and word stress
- C. Target sounds
Part 1: /ai/ and /ie/ sounds (trail versus trial)
Part 2: /oi/ and /ou/ sounds (boy versus bough)
Unit 5: Silent Consonants
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- A. Silent consonants
a. Part 1: Silent ‘b’
b. Part 2: Silent ‘k’
c. Part 3: Silent ‘w’ (e.g. wrong, wrap) - B. Target sounds
Part 1: /s/, /sh/ and /zh/ sounds (sore versus sure)
Part 2: /ch/ and /j/ sounds (cheap versus jeap)
- A. Silent consonants
Unit 6: Heteronyms
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- A. Heteronyms
(bow(a weapon) versus bow(to bend the body)) - B. Parts of speech and word stress
(increase(n.) versus increase (v.)) - C. Target sounds
Part 1: /oa/ and /ou/ sounds (coach versus couch)
Part 2: /ear/ and /air/ sounds (pier versus pear)
- A. Heteronyms
Unit 7: Vowel-Vowel Linking
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- A. Linking words together
a. Vowel-Vowel Linking
b. Consonant-Consonant Linking - B. Target sounds
Part 1: /pr/ and /pl/ sounds (praise versus place)
Part 2: /br/ and /bl/ sounds (brew versus blue)
- A. Linking words together
Unit 8: Homophones
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- A. Homophones (knead versus need)
- B. Schwa sound (offend, about, above, control, letter, carrot)
Unit 9: Rhythm
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- A. Rhythm
- B. Target sounds
Part 1: /p/ and /b/ sounds (pin versus bin)
Part 2: /fr/ and /fl/ sounds (free versus flea)
Part 3: /tr/ and /dr/ sounds (true versus drew) - C. Commonly mispronounced words
Unit 10: Foreign Words
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- Foreign words
- Commonly mispronounced words